丑 (醜) chǒu

1. chǒu adjective ugly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 醜 (Unihan '醜')
2. chǒu noun clown
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 丑 (Guoyu '丑' n 3)
3. chǒu proper noun Chou
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: Traditional: 丑 (Guoyu '丑' n 4)
4. chǒu proper noun Second Earthly Branch
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time , Concept: Earthly Branch 地支
   Notes: Traditional: 丑 (CC-CEDICT '丑'; Guoyu '丑' n 1)
5. chǒu adjective shameful; disgraceful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 醜 (Unihan '醜')
6. chǒu proper noun 1 am to 3 am
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: Traditional: 丑; in traditional Chinese time keeping (Guoyu '丑' n 2)

Contained in

• 謷丑(謷醜) to slander
• 丑话(醜話) ugly talk; vulgarity; obscenity
• 丁丑 Ding Zhou year
• 丑类(醜類) villain; evil person
• 丑陋(醜陋) ugly ; vile [conduct]
• 矮丑穷(矮醜窮) (of a man) unmarriageable ( short, ugly and poor); opposite: 高富帥|高富帅
• 己丑 twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle
• 遮丑钱(遮醜錢) blackmail money
• 遮丑(遮醜) to hide embarrassment ; to hide an ugly spot
• 癸丑 fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
• 丑话说在前头(醜話說在前頭) let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank
• 丑怪(醜怪) grotesque
• 幺麽小丑(么麼小醜) insignificant wretch
• 小丑鱼(小丑魚) clownfish; anemonefish
• 奇丑无比(奇醜無比) extremely ugly; incomparably hideous
• 丑剧(醜劇) absurd drama; farce; disgraceful show
• 丑事(醜事) scandal
• 丑行(醜行) scandal
• 丑人多作怪(醜人多作怪) ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention
• 丑化(醜化) to defame; to libel; to defile; to smear; to vilify
• 丑八怪(醜八怪) ugly person
• 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫(兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧) a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor
• 丢丑(丟醜) to lose face; to be humiliated ; to lose face
• 家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信(家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信) Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly.
• 辛丑 thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021
• 丑妻近地家中宝(醜妻近地家中寶) an ugly wife is a treasure at home
• 乙丑 second year
• 丑闻(醜聞) scandal
• 丑相(醜相) ugly expression; unsightly manners
• 美丑(美醜) beauty and ugliness
• 奇丑(奇醜) grotesque; extremely ugly; hideous
• 子丑 first two of the twelve earthly branches
• 丑诋(醜詆) to slander
• 丑小鸭(醜小鴨) ugly duckling ; The Ugly Duckling
• 丑恶(醜惡) ugly
• 变丑(變醜) to disfigure
• 家丑不可外扬(家醜不可外揚) family shames must not be aired in public
• 丑角 clown [role]
• 露丑(露醜) to make a fool of oneself
• 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆(醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law
• 出丑(出醜) to lose face; to be humiliated
• 丑鸭(丑鴨) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
• 小丑 a clown
• 丑牛 Year 2; Year of the Bull or Ox
• 丑夷(醜夷) same generation
• 家丑(家醜) family scandal
• 丑时(丑時) 1-3 am
• 家丑不可外传(家醜不可外傳) family shames must not be aired in public
• 丑态(醜態) shameful performance; disgraceful situation

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辛丑条约

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• 卷五十三　志第五:　　曆二 Volume 53 Treatises 6: Calendar 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 29
• 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 27
• 卷二十五 志第十五 天文三 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Astronomy 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 25
• 卷九十八　列傳第八十六:　蠕蠕 匈奴宇文莫槐 徒何段就六眷 高車 Volume 98 Biographies 86: Rouran, Yuwen Mohuai Xiongnu, Duanliu Liujuan, Gaoche History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 22
• 卷103 蠕蠕 匈奴宇文莫槐 徒何段就六眷 高車 Volume 103: Rouran, Yuwen Mohuai, Duanliu Liujuan, Gaoche Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 22
• 卷二十九 志第十九 符瑞下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Auspicious Signs 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 19
• 卷78　列傳第43 藝術 Volume 78 Biographies 43: Artists Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 16
• 第七回 Chapter 7 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 14
• 卷八十九　列傳第七十七:　藝術上 Volume 89 Biographies 77: Diviners 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 14
• 卷二十四 志第十四 天文二 Volume 24 Treatises 14: Astronomy 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 12

Collocations

• 丑父 (醜父) 逢丑父為右 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 31
• 公孙丑 (公孫醜) 公孫丑問曰 — Mencius 孟子, 公孫丑上 Gong Sun Chou I — count: 17
• 丑曰 (醜曰) 公孙丑曰 — Mencius 孟子, 公孫丑下 Gong Sun Chou II — count: 10
• 逢丑 (逢醜) 逢丑父為右 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 10
• 丑问曰 (醜問曰) 公孫丑問曰 — Mencius 孟子, 公孫丑上 Gong Sun Chou I — count: 7
• 指丑 (指醜) 加十五日指丑則大寒 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 4
• 逄丑 (逄醜) 斮逄丑父 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷二 竹林第三　Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 在丑 (在醜) 在醜不爭 — The Classic of Filial Piety 孝經, 孝經 Xiao Jing — count: 4
• 求丑 (求醜) 求丑父 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 可丑 (可醜) 亦可丑也 — Book of Changes 易經, 觀 Guan — count: 3